
To install the version from the extra repository in this example, the repository needs to be defined in front of the package name: Sometimes there are multiple versions of a package in different repositories (e.g. To install a list of packages with regex (see this forum thread): To install a single package or list of packages, including dependencies, issue the following command: See System maintenance#Partial upgrades are unsupported and BBS#89328.

In practice, do not run pacman -Sy package_name instead of pacman -Sy u package_name, as this could lead to dependency issues. Warning: When installing packages in Arch, avoid refreshing the package list without upgrading the system (for example, when a package is no longer found in the official repositories).
